Relevant Homestuck / TTGL crossover fanart that I saw years ago but only now have the context for and yup I’m gonna cry.
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03/09
[118] Tomb of the Ancestors by Robert Blaker was cool but overall the best bits were the ones that borrowed motifs from older Homestuck albums and it was otherwise kind of underwhelming. Still nice though.
[119] Wildlife by La Dispute was really really enjoyable and I’m glad I’ve gotten into more hardcore / post-hardcore and such lately because I wouldn’t have touched this stuff a year ago and HOW STUPID IS THAT. Riffs with what is mostly dramatic talking overtop is something I have a particular weakness for (via my love for Slint) and the lyrics on this whole album were wonderful <3_<3
03/12
[120] Animal Joy by Shearwater was really pretty and I particularly enjoy tribal-like booming drums in anything I hear but man I have so much pretty, densely-layered indie folk stuff it just kind of slides into the pack by the end.
[121] Delta Spirit was a cool album but it didn’t feel very… Delta Spirit to me? They had kind of a piano-soul singalong feel going on before but this strays over to kinda plain indie rock stuff too often. It would be a good album by someone I wasn’t familiar with but as a Delta Spirit album it fell flat.
[122] Kindred EP by Burial was really cool but I don’t like Burial nearly at all in proportion that I download every Burial release. I know the dude’s good at what he does, a kind of ambient dubstep much unlike what typically gets the label of “dubstep”, but it’s not really something I like all that much.
[123] Put Your Back N 2 It by Perfume Genius YO I’M REALLY SAD THIS ALBUM IS FUCKING SAD. IT’s SAD PIANO-BASED CHAMBER POP. YOU WANNA KNOW WHAT ELSE IT IS? FUCKING SAD. OK.
[124] Reign of Terror by Sleigh Bells is a decent but ultimately disappointing follow-up but that’s only because I consider the original pretty much entirely perfect. There’s very little punch in some of these tracks!!! Comeback Kid pretty much adds a little polish to the cheerleader noise that I loved about the first album so that’s a standout track for me. After that song had gone by
03/13
[125] “I have a new record. It’s called Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives. Out on Definitive Jux records” plays over the start and end of every track in what, from what I can find online, is entirely intentional. As if I needed a reminder I’m listening to an Aesop Rock EP??? Dude’s rhyming and wordplay is pretty much entirely unmatched. I don’t even know how to review his work on first listen because it’s impossible to digest all his lyrics so quickly. He’s a good rapper and always has good production and doesn’t always sound the exact same that’s pretty much all the praise I can give. He’s really great at consonance it’s my favourite thing about his rapping.
